| Rodney Reserve, on the cliff tops at Dover
Heights in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, was one of the most remarkable and
important astronomical sites in New South Wales. The photograph above shows
the original plaque dedication in 1989 (40th anniversary) with Bruce Slee,
John Bolton and Brian Robinson in the background. The plaque shows the
12-element Yagi which replaced the previous 1951 8-element Yagi antenna. The
identification of the bright radio sources Taurus A, Cen A, and Virgo A was
made in 1949 with an even earlier (but less photogenic) antenna. - For more
information go to Radio Astronomy at Dover Heights.
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